HEIDELBERG has confirmed its plans to integrate the lifecycle business and the global sales and service subsidiaries of the manroland sheetfed Group.
The combination of two companies that have shaped the history of printing press manufacturing for decades brings together geographic presence, high service quality, and a consistent customer focus. In the initial phase, the primary focus will be on continuing to operate manroland systems by maintaining the global service and spare parts offerings.
Thanks to these combined activities, a comprehensive, globally positioned service and lifecycle portfolio, including specialists for comprehensive customer support, will be available in the future. The company is thus further expanding its offering as a full-service provider and laying the foundation for sustainable growth and increasing recurring revenue.
“With this transaction, we are ensuring that the acquired manroland business can continue to operate reliably. The combination of manroland sheetfed’s service and spare parts business and its sales subsidiaries with Heidelberg strengthens our global role as a systems integrator and enables us to seamlessly ensure the supply of manroland users worldwide. Together with our strong service and logistics network, we offer our customers a global range of service and spare parts,” says Jürgen Otto, CEO, Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG.
“The agreement with Heidelberg ensures continuity in service and spare parts supply while integrating the business into a global organization that has the necessary scale and infrastructure to support manroland users over the long term,” says Anthony Langley, Chairman of the Board and CEO of Langley Holdings plc.
As part of the transaction, Heidelberg is acquiring manroland sheetfed’s service and spare parts business through approximately 35 country organisations with about 600 employees. In addition, the company is acquiring the technology and intellectual property (IP) related to service and spare parts, as well as selected assets.
This integration significantly strengthens Heidleberg’s international structures, expands its sales and service network, and ensures continuity for well over 3,000 manroland users worldwide. At the same time, direct customer access is being expanded, and a solid foundation is being laid for further business growth. As part of the transaction, Heidelberg is also securing the IP for the Roland 900/Cartonmaster in the large format sheetfed offset segment. The company is currently evaluating options for the production and further development of this system.
Combined with Prinect workflow software, post-press solutions, and data-driven services, this creates an integrated end-to-end offering that boosts customer productivity while simultaneously unlocking additional, sustainable revenue potential for Heidelberg.
Dr. David Schmedding, Executive Board Member for Technology and Sales, Heidelberg, says, “This integration is the next logical step in implementing our strategy in our core business. With the acquisition of the global service and spare parts business for manroland presses, we are offering print shops a seamless transition in the operation of their systems. Customers benefit from a significantly more comprehensive range of services, a reliable supply of spare parts, and innovative solutions from a single source. This creates sustainable added value for our customers worldwide.”
